OG12 SC-43

离岛

43.  Laos has a land area about the same as Great Britain
but only four million in population, where many are
members of hill tribes ensconced in the virtually
inaccessible mountain valleys of the north.
(A)  about the same as Great Britain but only four
million in population, where many
(B)  of about the same size as Great Britain is, but in
Laos there is a population of only four million,
and many
(C)  that is about the same size as Great Britain’s
land area, but in Laos with a population of only
four million people, many of them
(D)  comparable to the size of Great Britain, but only
four million in population, and many
(E)  comparable to that of Great Britain but a
population of only four million people, many of
whom

最后挣扎选E

我想问下为什么C项的many of them就是指代不清，而E项的many of them就可以清楚指代people呢？
刚开始复习SC  求助啊~~谢谢大家帮忙啊~~

离岛

叮 我晓得了

amcv

lz同有你的问题，你怎么想通的？我怎么响了好久还没有想通啊～～～望提示

李子木

lz同有你的问题，你怎么想通的？我怎么响了好久还没有想通啊～～～望提示

-- by 会员 amcv (2011/1/6 3:18:12)

首先，E选项是many of whom

whom在GMAT官方解释中，很清楚说明只能指代人。向前看，这里的人只有前面的four million people

再看C选项，是many of them
代词指代第一条就是要求指代对象清晰，如果造成歧义，就需要改进
在这里，“them”指代对象并不清晰，前面虽然只有four million people一个复数名词，但是them也可以指代这个句子以外的noun

ls的看看，这个解释。。。

个人浅见，请诸位指点

AccyFin

不是只要前面有复数名词就指代前面的吗

nightingale

in Laos with a population of only four million people 是介词短语，可以忽略不看，这样前面就没有复述名词可以指代了。

FactOrFiction

楼上, 为什么介词短语可以忽略不看? 有OG或者其他语法出处吗? 前面其他地方找不到指代对象, 就是应该找这个介词短语里面的复数对象啊.

我个人认为OG这段解释很困惑, 准备等看完SC重新梳理看有没有例句证明或者证否.

坤kun

还有一个问题：为什么没有人觉得population 和 people语义重复呢……a population of 4 million people不会很奇怪吗……求问各位！

FactOrFiction

不奇怪，population of是习惯用语的表达. 查下longman就知道。

Population: the number of people living in a particular area, country etc

Population of
India has a population of more than one billion.

的确有没有people都可以，但是这不是语义重复的问题, 关键是population of这个表达方法。

zhangjun1118

Laos has a land area about the same as Great Britain but only four million in population, where many

C选项
that is about the same size as Great Britain’s
land area, but in Laos with a population of only
four million people, many of them

楼主不觉得C选项读起来不通顺么，前半句无语法错误，后半句but in Laos with a population of only
four million people, many of them如果接在Laos has a land....明显不通

正确的应该是从句要和主句的动词形势一致，主句是has 那从句就得是population 而不是but in Laos with a population